Current Events
Which prestigious international awards are being announced this week, beginning with the Medicine prize?
The Nobel Prizes
Which ancient civilisation built the Colosseum?
The Romans
A young boy is accidentally left behind when his family flies to Paris.
Home Alone
What is the name of Taylor Swift's fanbase?
Swifties
What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetah
New Zealand's All Whites were beaten 2–1 by which country in the Kirin Cup final this week?
Japan
Which ancient civilisation built the city of Machu Picchu?
The Inca
A teenager accidentally travels from 1985 to 1955 in a modified DeLorean.
Back to the Future
Which singer founded the beauty brand Fenty Beauty?
Rihanna
What is the only mammal capable of true sustained flight?
Bat
The NZ Government has secured land in which South Auckland suburb for a future hospital?
Drury
Which French military leader crowned himself Emperor in 1804?
Napoleon Bonaparte
A group of teenagers are forced to spend a Saturday together in detention despite belonging to completely different social groups.
The Breakfast Club
Which actor played both T'Challa in Black Panther and Jackie Robinson in 42?
Chadwick Boseman
Which animal has fingerprints so similar to humans that they can be difficult to distinguish?
Koala
From 1 October, New Zealand expanded free breast screening to women turning what age?
71
The assassination of which U.S. president took place at Ford's Theatre in 1865?
Abraham Lincoln
After his wife is murdered, a man with short-term memory loss uses photographs, notes and tattoos to hunt for her killer.
Memento
Which singer's real name is Abel Tesfaye?
The Weeknd
Which bird has the largest wingspan of any living bird?
Wandering albatross
Which popular fitness app has made headlines after its data was found to expose the locations of hundreds of NZ Defence Force personnel?
Strava
Which city was divided by a wall from 1961 until 1989?
Berlin
A criminal infiltrates the police while an undercover officer infiltrates organised crime, with both trying to uncover the other's identity.
The Departed
Which actress was the first Black woman to win the Academy Award for Best Actress?
Halle Berry
What is the largest species of penguin alive today?
Emperor penguin